THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1916.
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fannary 4
Thought for the Day
5rfeV y Smp. F. C. Win
VtopU ofcswdiy talk of tlf-denial Thtr
i$ no clf-denial to a ptnon of moral twxlUnc.
IhtgrtattM. torture ( bhc a soul would be to
run counter to th dictate of oontcUnc.
Oeorgt Eliot.
congress! Welcome back to the daily
Hall,
grind.
Timely and to the Point.
The Bee rises to endorse and reinforce some
editorial remarks made by the Lincoln Star un
cr the caption of "Skinning the Public." In
which It takes to task In unmistakable terms
the organized efforts of our public officers to
manipulate legislation to enrich themselves
ot the expense of the taxpayers. The occasion
for the Star's outburst Is a rumpus raised In
Lincoln by a dlsmlssaWrom the fire department
for the good of the service," out presumably
for pernicious lobbying. "We tolerate with
equanimity," declares the Star, "organisations
of county treasurers, of sheriffs, of county
clerks and many other public positions, the pur-
l ooe in each Instance being the skinning of the
public. Until the people wake up to the fact
that every such organisation of public servants
Is a sort of conspiracy against the public good,
one can not blame a member of a municipal de
partment from resorting to the lobby to secure
a shortening of his hours of labor or better pay
for the time he puts In."
The Bee would not condemn these organiza
tions In toto, for we can see that they could, If
they would, justify themselves by bending their
efforts to improving the service which Is their
publicly professed purpose. Discussion of ex
periences, adoption of uniform methods and per
fection of system are as desirable in the admin
istration of public business as of private busi
ness, but the trouble Is that when our public
officers get together for these ostensible ob
jects, to which no one can object, they almost
Invariably Inaugurate a conspiracy to reach Into
the ppckets of people who are their employers
for raising their own salaries, shortening their
hours, Increasing the number of jobs under them,
grabbing the fees that come Into their
hands, lengthening their terms, and other more
or less stealthy methods ot what the Star aptly
calls "skinning the public." The worst part of
it is thst they do not, even where they have
claims that may be meritorious, let them rest
there, but resort to the threats and pressure of
their political Influence and official prestige to
bt-slege the lawmakers with a corps of Insidious
lobbyists drawing publto salaries for time they
put In waylaying the public treasury.
We submit that the next legislature can and
should atop the abuses of these organizations ot
public officers without Impairing' their useful
ness along legitimate lines.
Let the "Stop-otf-at-Omaha" campaign con
tinue without abatement or interruption.
1 With leap year privileges, Mr.
Clearance Sale Is simply irresistible.
January
It Is never too late for the autolst to resolve
to slow down and drive carefully on the crowded
city thoroughfares.
The statistics of the bridge toll-gate and car
line should tell us before long to what extent
a dry Iowa Is accelerating (o business In Omaha.
. Attention of fire Insurance companies la
drawn to Omaha's notably low fire record last
year. As a sign of appreciation, rates will come
down proportionately, of course.
The plentltude In Nebraska of candidates for
the republican nomination for governor and the
paucity tt candidates for the democratic nomi
nation for governor tell a story without words.
According to Mr. Bryan the Ford peace mis
sion has proved at least a partial success. No
question about that, inasmuch as it succeeded
la putting a few small chunks of Mr. Ford's for
tune into circulation.
The projected publicity bureau for the legal
profession affords no ground for questioning the
efficiency of present methods. As long as courts
piovlde the forum, motions for leave to print art
"incompetent. Irrelevant and Immaterial."
It Is said that the president will waste no
time tilling the vacancy on the federal supreme
court. If it takea him as long to make a su
preme Judge as to select our district judge out
here, it will be next summer before the place
will be filled.
The Lamar Vacancy on the Bench.
The death of Justice Joseph R. Lamar of
the United States supreme court reminds us of
the circumstances under which he was called
to his exalted position by President Taft. Jus
tice Lamar was a native ot Georgia and a
member of a distinguished southern family. His
cousin, Lucius Qulntus Curtis Lamar ot Mis
sissippi, was a member of Orover Cleveland's
first cabinet and was elevated to the supreme
bench by that president. The activities of the
Lamar family la the. way of politics had been
distinctively democratic, but that did not deter
President Taft from selecting Judge Lamar for
the supreme bench, although it already had a
precedent in the case ot Justice Lurton. What is
of interest at this moment is whether President
: Wilson will emulate his predecessor in making
his choice for the vacancy with the same broad
vision.
Why Army Costs So Much
By Major Oenaral STag X-. Scott.
7e chief of staff of the United States army.
Major General Hugh U Scott, has wltten the fol-'
lowing letter to a citlien of New To.. Joseph L
Delaflcld, under date of December 7, explaining the
high coat of the military eitabllahment as compared
with the rstabllshmenta of European countries:
Sir: Replying to your letter dated November f
1915, wherein you request to be furnished whatever
printed matter there may be ehowlng how the preaent
appropriations for national defenee have been ap
plied and why It Is that other nations have been able
to do so much more on amaller appropriations, I m
directed by the nee re tar y of war to Inform you that
there la no printed matter of an official character
which dlncueeea our appropriation front the point of
view you mention.
From time to time statements have appeared tn
current publications allowing the large appropriation
necessary for the support of the military eitabllah
ment of the United State and the relative a mall coat
of the Oerman army. By dividing each ot these
amounts by the total strength of each military eatab
llshment .an effort la made to compare the high coat
of one of our anldlers with the coat of a Oerman
aoldler, which la very much lower than ours. No In
telligent .comparison can be made between the cost
of the Oerman and American military establishment
without having flrat a clear understanding of the
differences In the military systems of these two
countries.
The Oerman pays his military obligatlona to the
state In personal service, while we go Into the labor
market, where we are forced to compete with other
employer! of labor In order to aecure our aoldler.
In addition, there Is a small claaa of volunteers In
the Oerman army, who, In exchange for certain privi
leges as to aervlce, maintain themselvea and aupply
their own uniforms and equipment. Agatn, the nor
mal wages In our labor market, where we obtain our
recruits, are murh higher than In Germany. Th
comparative coat of these two soldiers In dollars and
oenta, therefore, means little except to emphasise the
cost to our government, and Indirectly to the cltlxen,
of maintaining a military establishment on the volun
tary principle. If we wish, then, to compare the cost
of our army with the cost of those of other nations,
we must limit our comparison to those nations which
mploy the same general system aa ourselves. We
will find that only one other nation In the world
does so Great Britain.
In alxteen trades and callings, data for which
were obtainable In both the United Statea and Oreat
Britain for 1912. we find that the average wage was
15 per cent higher In this country than In Oreat
Britain. But the difficulty does not end here, for th
price we pay to Induce our soldiers to enlist and to
maintain them thereafter la affected by the standard
of luxury and the cost of living In the two countries
under consideration. Agatn, taking British figures
(which are well known to be higher than the Ger
man), we find that the cost of the food consumed by
the average worklngman in this country was W per
cent higher than in Oreat Britain, the cost of fuel
21 per cent higher, snd th cost of rent 91 per cent
higher.
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Irrl II
II si.
la time of war the government ot even a
free country may do almost anything, but so
long aa we remain at peace, our constitutional
guaranties of free speech and tree press cannot
be suspended by either presidential edict or con
gressional legislation.
The great and near-great illumine the new
year with hopeful prophesies ot what It may
bring. But the conflict of views shows such
diversity thst forward-looking people are help
lessly thrown back on the old reliable medical
almanac. No such word as failure written there.
Th morning found the streets almost blocked by
heavy snow drifts plied up by the high gale of th
night. Th street cam wer unable to run at all and
tew vehicles wer out. The company hod a fore of
acvenly-flv men and four plows at work and hop
to have the cars running by tomorrow morning.
Negotiations are ou foot for th transfer ot th
Omaha Nail factory to G. T. Walker, now connected
with th nail works In San Francisco.
The Board of Trade elected the following board
of directors: Mas Meyer, P. E. Her, George C. Amea,
Joha Evans. H. G. CUra. Frank Colpetser, J. A. Wakit
' field and M. IleUman.
The teachers' examining committee has certified
to the school board th following: Mual E. Eveleth,
Helen L., Wyckotf, Nettle Primrose and Carrie M.
Chapman. The resignation of Miss Villa Cuahman aa
teacher tn the Central school has also been accepted.
Th Union Elevator company at Ha anniutl meeting-
at the office of Thomas U Kimball choe th fol
lowing board of directors: Charles F. Adams. Jr., of
Boston; Thomas U Kimball. P. C. Himebaugh, N
Nerrltun. William Wallace. 8. R. Callaway, George
W. Halt
Th funeral of Mrs. M. T. Bartow took place from
the residence, Z3ul Webster street, with services con
ducted by Rev. John Williams. The pMllbearers were
E. P. Pe., W. F. McMillan. C K. Ooutant. C. K.
Yost, IX B. Sargent. Luther LYake, W. II. Megulro,
Wlh lam Wallace.
A company of young people gathered at th real
tfenr ot M. Hellmaa on t. Mary's avenue last even
ing to help Mltbrale th birthday of Miss Ulancb
i
- Shortage of Fertiliser.
From department headquarters at Washing
ton comes the dlsquietlnr information that the
farmers of the United States are to teel the ef
fects or a shortage ot fertilizer, due to the cut
ting oft ot the potash supply. This is an inci
dental of the war, but is tn a considerable de
gree chargeable to our national habit of neglect
and procrastination. Our dependence on Ger
many for potash has long been known, and not
so very long ago waa the subject tor an exchange
of notes that almost approached the acri
monious, Germany having proposed to restrict
the amount of the mineral sent to the United
States. The possible results of a default in the
German aupply was then pointed out, and much
scurrying around to find auitable deposits In the
United States followed. The manufacture ot
fertilizer through- the' ftxaton of atmospheric
free nitrogen by .electrolysis was demonstrated,
but nothing was done to take advantage ot this
discovery until Its necessity was forced upon us
by the war. Now factories are being started,
but at rather a late date.
A shortage in the supply of sulphuric acldi
n also reported, although the output of this ar
ticle was Increased by more than 6 per cent dur
ing the year. A recent report from Washington
made the startling statement that 1,800 tons of
sulphuric acid dally goes to waste in the smelter
frmee at Butte alone. These examples ot na
tional shlftlessness are not at all creditable.
They emphasise the fact that the United 8tates
needs to be taught preparation in other Vkys
than for war.
Going of Rev. Adolph Holt
With the departure of Rev. Adolph Hult
from an Omaha pulpit to take a professor's chair
in the college at Rock Island, to which he has
been called, we bid adieu to a man who has been
of real service to the community. Quiet, with
out ostentation, conservative and sensible, with
a remarkable faculty for aaylng the right thing
at the light time, Dr. Hult has had an unob
trusive but nevertheless powerful Influence on
tbe affairs of Omaha. Scholarly, modest but
courageous, ho voiced his opinions in a way that
commanded attention, while his criticism, prof
fered on proper occasion, was keen but kindly.
He was well known to the resders of The Bee
through his contributions to its columns, the
most extensive of which were his "Impressions
of a First Tripper," a series of timely articles
on Europe, showing his faculty for close obser
vation and his spirit of kindly critical comment.
Dr. Hult will be mtssed from a community in
which he has been genuinely useful.
In addition, there are many other factors which
enter Into the necessarily high cost of our army
under present conditions, only a limited number of
which can be mentioned her. On of the many Items
of expense In this country Is that of transportation.
both of men and supplies. In this country the gov
ernment must nay In cash at the commercial rate for
all transportation, whlla In Germany th railways are
atat owned. Everything which we buy In this coun
try for the maintenance of the army' Is higher than
corresponding articles in Germany, and after pur
chase must b transported over vastly greater
distances.
The above are only a few of the Hems which make
our army more costly than that of Germany. All of
them rj due to th system we employ to maintain
our military forces. There are, of course, a number
of items which render th cost of tne army unduly
high, which are really imposed on the country as a
result of political considerations. One of these Is th
maintenance of th large number of park-like army
posts scattered all over our vast country. Another Is
th proviso of law, which compels us to shift Indi
viduals of our oversea garrisons one In two years.
Another Is the detached service law which makes It
necessary to shift officers all over the country at
frequent Intervals.
Condition of this nature are susceptible of cor
rection by legislation and really affect only a frac
tion of the Increased cost of our army. The great
coat of our army Is due to the system we employ.
and Just so long aa we continue to rely on a volun
tary military system, we will hav to continue to pay
an excessive amount for national preparedness. Tak
ing Into consideration the handicaps under which th
government has to work In maintaining our army
under the preaent system, It will be found that It I
administered as economically aa that of Germany or
any other country.
I hope th above may. In part, at least, answer
your questions. There Is really nothing tn print on
this subject which Is at all authentic. A stated above,
a number of comparisons of the cost of our army
and foreign armies have been made at different times,
but th bases of comparison were even more faulty
than the data used, and aound conclusions cannot be
drawn from any such discussions.
Tfe Lyarhlaiar ReeM for 11.
TUSK EG EH, Ala.. Jan. t-To the Edi
tor of Th Be: Aa head of th dlvlnlun
of records and research of th Tuskege
Institute. I co-operated with th late Dr.
Booker T. Washington, principal. In keep
ing an annual record of all lynching In
th United States, which record was sent
by him from time to tun to the puNIo
press. According to this record ther
hav been, during the year Juat closed.
sixty-nine lynching. Of thou lynched
fifty-five were negroes and fourteen
wer white. This la sis mors negroes
and eleven more whites than wer put
to death by mobs In 11 when th record
waa forty-nine negroes and three whites.
Included In the record are three women.
In at least four Instances It later de
veloped that th persons put to death
wer Innocent of th offenses charged.
Eighteen, or more than one-fourth of the
total lynchlngs, occurred In th state of
Oeorgta.
Only eleven, ten negroes and on white.
of those put to death, or 15 per cent of
the total, were charged with rap. Other
.offenses and number lynched for were:
Murder, seventeen, flv white and twelv
negroes; killing officers of the law, nine,
three whites and six negroes; wounding
officers of the law, three: clubbing of
ficer of the law, a family of four, father,
aon and two daughters; poisoning mules,
three; stealing hegs, two, white; disre
garding warnings of night riders, two,
white; Insulting women, three; entering
women's rooms, two; wounding a man,
two; stealing meat, one; burglary, two;
robbery one; looting, one; stealing cot
ton, one; charged with stealing cow. one;
furnishing ammunition to man resisting
arrest, two; beating a wife and child,
one. white; charged with being accessory
to the burning ot a barn, one.
Lynching occurred in the following
statea: Alabama, nine; Arkansas, five;
Florida, five; Georgia, eighteen: Illinois,
me; Kentucky, five; Louisiana, two; Mis
sissippi, nine; Missouri, two; Ohio, on;
Oklahoma, three; South Carolina, one;
Tennessee, two; Texas, flv; Virginia,
one. MONROE N. WORK.
Division ot Records and Research.
Indlaraatlosi Well Expressed.
OMAHA, Jan. aTo tie Editor of The
Bee: Can you explain to your patrons
why It Is that on entering a street car
In Omaha, women or men allk have to
rub up against a gang of loafers who
are standing In th pasaageway smoking
Blinking doped cigarettes! I call them
loafers, for no gentlemsn will stand In
the passageway and puff the amok In
passengers' faces as tbey hav to pass
Into the car. Cannot this be stopped In
nm wv? Tou will every day see a
gang of loafers at Sixteenth and Far
nam streets whose mothers are taking In
washing for a living, to furnish th gang
with clgarettea, who are to Iaxy to worn,
but can stand on the corner smoking and
making remarks about women aa they
pass. This gang should t photograpnea
and their picture shown in your paper.
S. R.
Twice Told Tales
my family deslr to shine in a social
way equal to others whose Incomes are
far greater. Sometimes, though, I won
der If the men of these other house
holds are not about In the same position
that I am In. I wonder ho many of
them could bear an Inspection of their
actual assets? CINN1CUS.
HANDS
Editorial Snapshots
Detroit Free Press: Somebody has pro
posed a tax on golf balls. As If the fel
low who loses one to you doesn't howl
long and loud enough aa It Is.
Springfield Republican: Bird sanctuar
ies of all of the cemeteries of the coun
try, covering more than a million acre
of land, are proposed by th National
Association of Audubon societies. The
campalc-n la directed not only to the
prevention of the use of firearms In
cemeteries, but the exclusion of cats, the
growing of berries and protecting shrub
bery and th supplying of food In other
ways and of nest-bulldlng material. The
suggestion la excellent.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Th atti
tude of the United States toward the
subject of defense la th on taken by
President Jackson In bis first Inaugural.
Although himself a man of blood and
Iron, he opposed a large stsndlng army,
while favoring enlargement of the navy.
Secretary Garrison In his annual report
argued that universal military service
Is an Impossibility, however desirable ex
perts might find It It la hard to believe
that th deliberate conclusions of his
official report hav been so speedily
overturned. When h hears from the
country he will return to his previous
stand. Various societies are beating
tomtoms for preparedness, but If they
hop to turn th United States Into an
armed camp they have failed to reckon
with th spirit of Americans.
Nw Totk World: To Major Robert R.
Moton of Hampton, as successor to th
1st Booker T. Washington at the head
of Tuskage Institute, come great re
sponsibilities and great opportunities.
The plac of Tuskegee In th education
of th negro Is firmly fixed. To extend
and develop Its work with the growing
resources with !t Is hoped may soon be
availatl wil; call for special gifts of
leadership. Th trustees of Tuskegee, who
have long known Major Moton, speak of
him as "another forceful personslity."
He wss a cloae friend of Brooker T.
Washington, a firm believer In his
methods, and equipped by experience
and character to carry on the work at
Tuskegee in the sam broad and practical
spirit.
TETTER ON
FOR TEN YEARS
tching and Burning, Would Scratch
a il At a ! a A -J
ror HourSt Almost uisiracica.
Could Scarcely Get Any Rest.
HEALED BY CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT
Dry. rough places would appoar on my
hands accompanied by Itching and burning.
It waa so severe that I would have to scratcn
and rub my hands for hours at a time until
was almost distracted. Sometimes they
would crack open and bleed sad would
get so sor that I could not us them for
days. I could scarcely get any rest as
night.
At last unable to endure It longer I had
a treatment but found none that made a
permanent cure until I obtained Outicura
Soap and Ointment. I had been affected
with tatter for about ten years and I had
only used one bos of CuUcura Ointment and
one cak of Cutlcnra Soap until my bands
completely healed." (Signed) Mrs.
Geo. Robertson, Barrodsburg, InL. July
91. 1915.
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W hat f 1h riahe.
When Auditor of State Vic Donahey and six of
his ten children had returned from Sunday school
h tried th children out on the lesson, which Sad
been about Noah and the ark. He Impressed on their
minds that of all the Inhabitants of th earth, human.
creeping and otherwise, all save those which had
taken refuge on th ark had perished In th flood.
Ther was nothing living at all except what was on
th ark, he told the children. The waters had
drowned out all life.
"Say, dad," Inquired one of the youngsters, who
Is especially precocious, "did the fishes In th water
die. toot"
This was a poaer for the auditor. He told th
lad that h would answer th queatlon later. Answer
ing questions right off the bat Is on of th accom
plishments of th auditor, but th on th boy asked
stumped him. Columbus Dispatch.
The lure of the wild horses ot New Mexlce
endangers the safety of domesticated horses te
such an extent that state-wide preventive meas
ures are necessary. Nevada was similarly
threatened by bands of wild horses some years
ego, and the war ot extermination undertaken
not unlikely swelled the native colony to the
aouth. In the romance of the chase no feat of
horsemanship surpasses the hunt and capture of
a wild horse alive.
People and Events
Some women In New Jersey are showing mere men
a thing or two. One arreated for seising th stakes
at a saloon where her husband was gambling, was
acquitted, and the husband of another, who had pre
aented her with an automobile and then sold It, was
ordered to refund her the money. All In a atat that
voted against the cause.
Hundreds of kiddles and scores ot elders Uvlru
on Washington Heights, New York City, on Frldav
evening marched to the nearby Trinity cemetery and
placed a wreath on the grave of Clement C. Moore,
author ot the famous Christmas poem, " 'Twas th
Night Before Chrlstmaa " Th poena waa recited and
several Christmas carols sung.
The married multitude and others note wltn
arched eyebrows th novel social departure Intro
duced by a Chicago man transplanted In New Totk
J. Frank Aldrlch, former congressman, gave a must
cal and tea la honor ot Mme. Martska A Id rich, prim
donna of the Metropolitan Opera company, Mme
Martska divorced J. Frank some two month agu.
without seriously diminishing their friendship. Mora-
over their tare chldren shared wth mother, the hos
pitality of their father, and th affair waa Just as
Jolly as though tbs divorce, gulf was a myth.
Walla -of a Mere Haaband.
OMAHA. Jan. .-To th Editor ot Th
Be: I hav frequently wonaerea wny.
ther may b "Confessions or a wire.
why not "Walls or a Mere nusoanui
For surely all th woes ot marriage ar
not borno by women. When wives wn
go daffy reading the former reciiais oi
plain gossip; when they so absorb their
meaning that they are disposed to desig
nate their husbands by th names of the
undesirable aamples presented In the
confessions." why hav not nusoanas
the obligation resting upon them to "come
back" with their side ot th oomesue
problems?
This disposition has long resiaea in m,
and If you ar disposed to lend your eol
,.mna to soma tales. I hop I may relat
mm In future stories that will at leaat
express what thousanda of huabands xeei
mnA are heltless In their desires to es
cape. Since the other stories come from
th dark. I truat I wm oe pe.ro.onru
t. too. conceal my identity. For a man
cannot. If he would, discard altogether
considerations for his family, even If th
members of that family league uiem
selves agalnat him and attempt by in
numerable schemes to drill hint Into a
rrnnve. So. out of consideration for my
wife snd daughter (my son can take
care of himself). I prefer to remain 1n-
Men are helpless In th presence o
. . . . . i . .1.1. k.
women, sometime i
cause of their Innate consideration for
th femlnln character. Sometime I be-
tiv it la because they ar plain eowaros.
Men's club flourish mainly because or
this fact. Their clubs afford them some
what of a mean of escape and somewhat
. Dhalanx. against femlnln onslaughts,
At least this Is th general senumem
th men who congregat at th
club wher I congregate, whether It be
th Elks or Moose or th omana ciuu.
W would not so much object to social
rr.lra wer It not that th femlnln ele
ment ot them attempts enforcement of
condition repugnant to wnal w con
rlv to be our Individual rights.
Agreed that the mascoun ana reminine
sexes do not perfectly amalgamate, be
cause both of them ar so constituted
mentally that they cannot get a clear
perspective of th viewpoint of th oppo
site sex. Man througn many ages nas
been th maatr, and this, perhaps, has
given Mm a distorted view of hla posi
tion. Whether this view be abnormal or
not tfea fat remains that no man who
la truly a roan will long retain rega-d
for a woman who attempts to roast ;r
him. if sh la diplomatic. I grant, sh
may be abl to bring hlro to her wishes,
but sh will never retain his lov for her
by enforced eommanda
I know of tow oases, however, where
wamen attempt th mastery of their
husband except ' In social matters. In
these, men, at least scores of them wltl
whom I hav spoken, protest against the
unnatural restriction and demands upo.j
thera by th femlnln side of the house.
Sometimes they "fall tor them" because
they ar willing ta Jom their wives In
attempts to find suitable matches for
their daughters, but they always submit
ungracefully and ungraciously. Th
travaganc to which those functions lead
has to my personal knowledge in some
tr stances, and In many ot which I hav
heard, sent men to the penitentiary. Any
genuine man will hesitate about denying
anything to th women of his household
Above everything else he fears to con
fess his poverty. If th demands exceed
his ability to pay, he scheme out new
waya In which to raise th cash. These
schemes sometimes go wrong. I will
raak a confession ot my own actions of
th past, which would hav landed me
where others hav landed had my action
been diacvred.
1 hav always been far behind merely
because I hav not had th manhood
and determination to call a halt upon ex
travagant demands. And these demand
most have been mad upon roe because
STOTNYGEKS.
'So Katharine married her husband to
reform him. Hid she succeedT
Completely! She' so extravagant that
he can't afford even the smallest ot his
former vices. Boston Transcript.
Postmaster No. not much doin" in
town. Did ye hear erbout Lent Muggins
gettln' a telegram 7
Farmer Not Lmi
Postmaster Yes. tm.
Farmer By cracky! It beats all. ther
way the young feller are forgln' ter the
front. Chicago News.
"Gentlemen." remarked the professor,
the eeneral function of the heads of
several lnamed members of this class Is
ot keen their neckties from slipping off.
Harvard Lampoon.
"Ah." said th visitor: "this village
boasts a cnorai society. 1 understand.
"No," said the native, "we never boast
of Jt." Christian Register.
Say. old man. can you lend me a few
aonaraT"
Impossible! Tve tried to several times
but you Invariably look upon the amount
as a girt- Boston Transcript.
"The hlrhest comnilment a sir! can r
celve( Is for a man to ask her to marry
Well. I don't know. Most sHrla ret
two or three of those compliments. But
how many girls are asked to permit their
leamres to appear upon a aoan cal.mil.r?1
Pittsburgh Post.
FOEWAED!
Alfred Noye-j.
A thousand creeds and battle cries.
A inousana warring social schemes,
A thousand new moralties.
And twenty thousand dreams.
Each on hi own anarchiac way,
From the old order hreaklnir fr
Our mined world deatrea, you say.
ucense, one more, not Liberty.
But ah. beneath the atrusrirllnv tnm
When storm and change are on the deep,
a. ijuirujr u ib hubs come nome.
Ana new in aeptna or sea-shine sleep
And w who march toward a goal,
Destrorlns' onlv tn fulfill
The law. the law of that inil annl
w men moves beneath your alien will
We, that Ilk foemen meet the past
Because we bring the future, know
We only fight to achieve at last
a great reunion with our foe;
Reunion In the truths that stand
When all our wars are rolled away;
Reunion of the heart and hiwt
Ana or tne prayer wherewith wa pray
Reunion In th common needs.
common striving or mankind;
Reunion of our warring creeds
in tne on uod mat dwell behind.
Forward !-what use In Idle words?
Forward. O warriors of tha am.if
Ther will be breaking up of swords
rt mm inn new morning makes
whole.
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